Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] [prep] [be] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What was even worse , the women were unofficially said to be better at it . |
| 2 | Other types of cancer were also found to be higher in geographical areas where chemical plants were situated . |
| 3 | The child was soon going to be taller than she was . |
| 4 | Perhaps everything was not going to be better . |
| 5 | On June 21 he returned his campaign to policy specifics , an area where he was generally perceived to be stronger than his rival candidates , with a detailed reformulation of his economic proposals . |
| 6 | Although Mondello was convicted of lesser charges , including riot , his acquittal on the murder counts was unanticipated because the evidence against him was generally considered to be stronger than that which had led to Fama 's conviction . |
| 7 | It was clearly going to be easier to obtain tickets in South Africa . |
| 8 | The British Friesian quickly became very popular and by the late 1940s it was the country 's dominant breed , although it was sometimes decried for being uglier , having a worse udder and giving lower quality milk than the Ayrshire and the Shorthorn . |